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Morocco scored 70 points in the 2026 Trade Freedom Index, up from 67 a year earlier, placing the kingdom 93rd out of 175 economies worldwide and exactly at the global average, according to the index published by The Global Economy using data from the Heritage Foundation. Singapore topped the ranking with 95 points. The index […]
For decades, launching an innovative business in Morocco meant being in Casablanca, Rabat or Marrakech, where investors and major clients were concentrated. That model is starting to shift, according to Ali Kettani, an investment banker specializing in startup and SME financing across Morocco and Africa, who argues artificial intelligence and digital tools are opening new […]
More than 2.74 million Moroccans settled abroad arrived in the kingdom by August 3 as part of this year’s Marhaba operation, a 0.45 percent increase from the same period last year, according to Omar Moussa Abdellah, Marhaba operation supervisor at the Mohammed V Foundation for Solidarity. Speaking on Radio Tanger-Med, Moussa Abdellah said 287,518 vehicles […]
Morocco reaffirmed on Wednesday in Amman its unwavering commitment and continued support for the legitimate rights of the brotherly Palestinian people to regain their freedom and establish an independent state within the June 4, 1967 borders, with Al-Quds as its capital, reiterating its call for an end to all practices and aggressions targeting them and […]
King Felipe VI of Spain has extended his warmest greeting to King Mohammed VI on the occasion of the 27th anniversary of his accession to the throne. In his message of congratulations, the Spanish Sovereign expresses, on his own behalf and on behalf of the Spanish government and people, his best wishes for happiness and […]
A vocational training institute in Rabat is set for a major upgrade under a new 19.03 million dirham project designed to help young people learn technical skills and find jobs in Morocco and Germany. The project is led by the Chamber of Crafts of the Rabat-Sale-Kenitra region with support from the German-backed Invest for Employment […]
Two years after its launch, Morocco’s direct housing subsidy program, known as Daam Sakane, is entering a phase of in-depth evaluation, the Housing Ministry has announced, as officials look to assess the program’s real effects on households, the property market and the wider economy ahead of its scheduled expiry in 2028. Launched in January 2024, […]
Beyond the headline drop in unemployment to 9.5 percent, the first results of Morocco’s newly redesigned labor force survey point to a broader improvement across the job market, one that a revamped methodology now allows to be read through several complementary indicators rather than a single unemployment figure, according to an analysis published by Aujourd’hui […]
Morocco’s national water and electricity utility, ONEE, has approved a 2026-2030 equipment plan worth 177 billion dirhams for electricity and 42.1 billion dirhams for drinking water, with 72 percent of the total to be financed directly by the private sector, the utility’s board decided at a session in Rabat. The electricity component centers on accelerating […]
Morocco looks forward to producing power from solid waste and turning a landfill into source of energy to speed up its transition to clean economy. To achieve this goal, Moroccan authorities have signed a concession agreement with Swiss-Japanese firm Kanadevia Inova and its partners for the development of the Casablanca Solid Waste Treatment and Valorization […]